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Hi,
This is quite embarrassing but I hope I am not the only one that experiences this! If a panicky feeling starts to arise or that burning feeling starts to make its way through my body automatically I know I will need to go to the toilet.
Its my main symptom of panic attacks and it almost certainly will happen everytime I have one, it makes it hard because I will avoid places without a toilet.. any suggestions or help?
Thank xx
Yes, for many people, including me, any signs of anxiety or panic hit my bowels within minutes :wacko:
I'm not really sure that there's an easy solution to it hun, I suppose the main thing is to try to get your anxiety back down thus taking away that symptom :)
Yeah it's quite common I think - I don't really understand all the 'science' behind it, but it's one way the body reacts to stressful situations. I don't - thankfully! - suffer from panic attacks, but I know when I'm stressed or nervous my bowels play up. I'll be back and forth to the loo multiple times before an interview, for example, and if I try to eat when I'm also stressed it results in quite an unpleasant experience in the toilet at the end of the meal! Like Moosie said, I would guess the key is getting the panic symptoms under control - do you think knowing that panic will set your bowels off is actually increasing the panic, if you know what I mean?